Bruce Pasfield has a national practice in environmental crimes defense after serving as one of the nation’s top environmental prosecutors at the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ). Bruce defends a wide variety of clients in criminal enforcement actions in alleged violations of federal or state environmental laws, as well as other federal law violations. In addition to criminal enforcement defense work, Bruce represents companies in civil and administrative matters and provides companies with permit and compliance counseling on environment and energy issues in the United States and abroad. Bruce is currently chair for the Environmental Enforcement and Crimes Committee of the American Bar Association, as well as a member of the ABA Oil and Gas Committee. Bruce is also a regular lecturer for the ABA and has written numerous articles on environmental crimes topics.

Bruce began his career as a prosecutor in Florida where he successfully tried over 100 criminal jury trials, including a number of high-profile white collar fraud cases. Prior to joining Alston & Bird, Bruce enjoyed a distinguished 15-year career at DOJ, where, as a trial attorney in DOJ’s Environmental Crimes Section, he litigated a number of precedent-setting cases.